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Pb03 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Quicksands of time

Hi guys,

When you say "quicksands of time", what does that mean usually?

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" If you really mean "the quicksands of time" it might have been some kind of joke or play on words. Here is the meaning of "the sands of time": The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a person's death. OR (depending on context) The accumulated tiny amounts of time (like the sand in an hourglass) The sands of time have done much to change the woman's attitude toward her sister.

— RayH

  • " If you really mean "the quicksands of time" it might have been some kind of joke or play on words.
  • Here is the meaning of "the sands of time": The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a person's death.
  • OR (depending on context) The accumulated tiny amounts of time (like the sand in an hourglass) The sands of time have done much to change the woman's attitude toward her sister.
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The usual expression is "the sands of time." If you really mean "the quicksands of time" it might have been some kind of joke or play on words.

Here is the meaning of "the sands of time":
The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a person's death.

OR (depending on context)

The accumulated tiny amoun
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Reminds me of a similarly mixed metaphor in a short verse by the famous American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime,

And departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.

Hadn't heard "the quicksands of time," but it seems cleverly cynical, like "S___ happens," or, "Life's a bit_h, an
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